1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes

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The 1934 Broadway musical "Anything Goes" is a classic Cole Porter show set aboard an ocean liner, celebrated for its witty dialogue, farcical plot, and enduring songs that helped define the Golden Age of American musical theatre.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
adaptedInto 1936 film Anything Goes NERFINISHED
1956 film Anything Goes NERFINISHED
bookBy Guy Bolton NERFINISHED
Howard Lindsay NERFINISHED
P. G. Wodehouse NERFINISHED
Russel Crouse NERFINISHED
cityOfPremiere New York City NERFINISHED
composer Cole Porter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre farce
musical theatre
hasRevival 1962 Off-Broadway revival
1987 Broadway revival
2011 Broadway revival
hasTheme mistaken identity
romantic entanglements
social satire
hasWestEndProduction 1935 London production
hasWestEndRevival 1989 London revival
influenced later revivals of Anything Goes
language English
lyricist Cole Porter NERFINISHED
lyricsBy Cole Porter NERFINISHED
musicBy Cole Porter NERFINISHED
notableSong All Through the Night NERFINISHED
Anything Goes NERFINISHED
Blow, Gabriel, Blow NERFINISHED
I Get a Kick Out of You NERFINISHED
You’re the Top NERFINISHED
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1934-11-21
originalBroadwayRunLength 420 performances
originalBroadwayStar Ethel Merman NERFINISHED
originalChoreographer Robert Alton NERFINISHED
originalDirector Howard Lindsay NERFINISHED
originalLeadCharacter Billy Crocker NERFINISHED
Hope Harcourt NERFINISHED
Moonface Martin NERFINISHED
Reno Sweeney NERFINISHED
originalTheatre Alvin Theatre NERFINISHED
partOf Golden Age of American musical theatre NERFINISHED
premiereYear 1934
producedBy Vinton Freedley NERFINISHED
roleWrittenFor Ethel Merman NERFINISHED
setInLocation ocean liner
transatlantic voyage
style farcical plot
witty dialogue

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I Get a Kick Out of You firstAppearedIn 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes
Anything Goes adaptation 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes
this entity surface form: 1936 film "Anything Goes"
Blow, Gabriel, Blow firstAppearanceIn 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes
this entity surface form: 1934 musical Anything Goes